Tom McCallum
@tommccallum.com
CEO Listener, Applied Economist, Elephant Wrestler, behind the scenes helping others.
Over 2,000 posts on tommccallum.com around #OpenLeadership, as well as 100+ podcasts on whatcomesnext.live
No, not charging on Substack, I’m “post-economic”.
Over 2,000 posts on tommccallum.com around #OpenLeadership, as well as 100+ podcasts on whatcomesnext.live
No, not charging on Substack, I’m “post-economic”.
Nice piece by Simon Barnes. When I think of Cruyff, in the modern era I think of Finn Russell. Always has all the time in the world, creates magic constantly.
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Inspiration, perspiration, magic and art... this is sport...
What is it that makes a sportsman or woman extra special?
observer.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Nice piece by Simon Barnes. When I think of Cruyff, in the modern era I think of Finn Russell. Always has all the time in the world, creates magic constantly.
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
Hearing that Unhedged has gone viral thanks to 🌮, my first thought is that “what will the astonishing comedic talent of @katie0martin.ft.com come up with to top her colleague ?”
May 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Hearing that Unhedged has gone viral thanks to 🌮, my first thought is that “what will the astonishing comedic talent of @katie0martin.ft.com come up with to top her colleague ?”
Congratulations to Crystal Palace, and a reminder to us all, by the way Manchester City fell off a cliff after Haaland said it, of the importance of always staying humble.
May 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Congratulations to Crystal Palace, and a reminder to us all, by the way Manchester City fell off a cliff after Haaland said it, of the importance of always staying humble.
So they won’t be marching on the streets of Brooklyn then @robarmstrong.bsky.social @katie0martin.ft.com
😂
on.ft.com/43Q3BIx Trump excludes smartphones from reciprocal tariffs
😂
on.ft.com/43Q3BIx Trump excludes smartphones from reciprocal tariffs
Trump excludes smartphones from reciprocal tariffs
Tech including routers and selected computers get reprieve after a week of turbulence in US markets
on.ft.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
So they won’t be marching on the streets of Brooklyn then @robarmstrong.bsky.social @katie0martin.ft.com
😂
on.ft.com/43Q3BIx Trump excludes smartphones from reciprocal tariffs
😂
on.ft.com/43Q3BIx Trump excludes smartphones from reciprocal tariffs
Every year I look for events that will both inspire me and where I may add value to others, ignite sparks, make new connections.
This year, thanks to the inspiring @benbrabyn.bsky.social , I am attending @anthropyuk.bsky.social
Join us!
This year, thanks to the inspiring @benbrabyn.bsky.social , I am attending @anthropyuk.bsky.social
Join us!
February 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Every year I look for events that will both inspire me and where I may add value to others, ignite sparks, make new connections.
This year, thanks to the inspiring @benbrabyn.bsky.social , I am attending @anthropyuk.bsky.social
Join us!
This year, thanks to the inspiring @benbrabyn.bsky.social , I am attending @anthropyuk.bsky.social
Join us!
Yes, and in cities with narrow roads (such as South London), drivers of these cars tend not to know the width of their vehicle so just don’t leave room for those going the opposite way on the (shared) road.
Cars are getting 1cm wider every two years. That may not sound much, but over time it adds up, and they're showing no signs of slowing down 😬
That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car.
Why? 🧵1/8
That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car.
Why? 🧵1/8
February 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Yes, and in cities with narrow roads (such as South London), drivers of these cars tend not to know the width of their vehicle so just don’t leave room for those going the opposite way on the (shared) road.
In Cayman we never used to have street names, but as part of our emergency services system implementation we needed to name them all. The street naming committees lost imagination after a while. "Off the Beaten Path Road" is a favourite!
I like neighbourhoods with themed street names. In Belfast there are ones named after rivers (Mersey, Severn, Dee, Tamar, Yukon), Scottish hills and lochs (Cheviot, Grampian, Nevis, Lomond) and the Middle East (Damascus, Palestine, Jerusalem, Cairo, Jericho). The last area is known as the Holylands.
February 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
In Cayman we never used to have street names, but as part of our emergency services system implementation we needed to name them all. The street naming committees lost imagination after a while. "Off the Beaten Path Road" is a favourite!
One idea for @judithfreedman.bsky.social
"Contractors" now pay both EE and EER NIC via the Umbrella route they are forced to use for self-employment. This incentivises companies to use this route rather than employ people. What if we made the "employer" pay the EER NIC?
www.ft.com/content/4810...
"Contractors" now pay both EE and EER NIC via the Umbrella route they are forced to use for self-employment. This incentivises companies to use this route rather than employ people. What if we made the "employer" pay the EER NIC?
www.ft.com/content/4810...
UK’s labour market tsar calls for crackdown on bogus self-employment
‘More urgency’ needed on workers’ rights and resourcing of new fair work agency, says Margaret Beels
www.ft.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
One idea for @judithfreedman.bsky.social
"Contractors" now pay both EE and EER NIC via the Umbrella route they are forced to use for self-employment. This incentivises companies to use this route rather than employ people. What if we made the "employer" pay the EER NIC?
www.ft.com/content/4810...
"Contractors" now pay both EE and EER NIC via the Umbrella route they are forced to use for self-employment. This incentivises companies to use this route rather than employ people. What if we made the "employer" pay the EER NIC?
www.ft.com/content/4810...
I had stage 3 colon cancer, chemo ended 2.5 years ago, still on various checks quarterly and annually. It is what it is and it will be what it will be (or not). Congrats on your clear test.
FUCK YEAH STILL CANCER FREE.
first quarterly scan of the year this morning. still gotta do them every quarter for a year as im a stage 4 cancer patient.
i functionally fall apart as these appointments approach. getting clear scans feels amazing, like i just won a round at a death game.
first quarterly scan of the year this morning. still gotta do them every quarter for a year as im a stage 4 cancer patient.
i functionally fall apart as these appointments approach. getting clear scans feels amazing, like i just won a round at a death game.
January 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I had stage 3 colon cancer, chemo ended 2.5 years ago, still on various checks quarterly and annually. It is what it is and it will be what it will be (or not). Congrats on your clear test.
✍️What do you do when you discover a perfect and limitless substitute for a scarce resource?
You carry on mining the scare resource!
The second in my occasional series on minerals we forgot we were mining but carried on mining edconway.substack.com/p/forgotten-...
You carry on mining the scare resource!
The second in my occasional series on minerals we forgot we were mining but carried on mining edconway.substack.com/p/forgotten-...
Forgotten Minerals #2: Caliche
What happens when you find a perfect substitute for a scare resource? You carry on mining the scarce resource!
edconway.substack.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Excellent essay, Paul, truly thought-provoking.
Two thoughts.
First, I used to explain Jon Stewart (vintage Daily Show) to Brits: "he skewers pomposity". That is how to deal with Prigs.
Second, Plurality. I consciously spend time with people I don't agree with. Keeps the mind open.
Two thoughts.
First, I used to explain Jon Stewart (vintage Daily Show) to Brits: "he skewers pomposity". That is how to deal with Prigs.
Second, Plurality. I consciously spend time with people I don't agree with. Keeps the mind open.
I just finished a new essay about the origins of wokeness. I'm going to get flak from both the far right and the far left about it, so to save all our time I'll respond in advance to what I know they'll say.
January 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Excellent essay, Paul, truly thought-provoking.
Two thoughts.
First, I used to explain Jon Stewart (vintage Daily Show) to Brits: "he skewers pomposity". That is how to deal with Prigs.
Second, Plurality. I consciously spend time with people I don't agree with. Keeps the mind open.
Two thoughts.
First, I used to explain Jon Stewart (vintage Daily Show) to Brits: "he skewers pomposity". That is how to deal with Prigs.
Second, Plurality. I consciously spend time with people I don't agree with. Keeps the mind open.
Reading books seems to be dying off, so have to loudly applaud this :)
January 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Reading books seems to be dying off, so have to loudly applaud this :)
Reposted by Tom McCallum
At an NFL playoff game, Philadelphia Eagles star receiver A.J. Brown was seen on the sidelines, reading a book. So what made him open it up as the action continued? “I like to read,” he said.
The Book So Helpful That the Eagles’ A.J. Brown Read it During a Game
What made the N.F.L. star open it up as the action continued? “I like to read.”
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
At an NFL playoff game, Philadelphia Eagles star receiver A.J. Brown was seen on the sidelines, reading a book. So what made him open it up as the action continued? “I like to read,” he said.
January 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Join @benbrabyn.bsky.social and I (and many others!) at the Eden Project March 26-28
January 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Join @benbrabyn.bsky.social and I (and many others!) at the Eden Project March 26-28
Adore Fonda and the staff make it extra special. They love what they do. Have been twice already and going back with a dinner club soon.
PS love that @jayrayner1.bsky.social loves Lebnani in Reigate too. A man of great taste, clearly 😊
PS love that @jayrayner1.bsky.social loves Lebnani in Reigate too. A man of great taste, clearly 😊
At Fonda, a New Mexican restaurant, they serve a Baja taco which is a veritable supermodel of the fish finger world; a veritable Heidi Klum and David Gandy. And there’s so much more to love. This week’s restaurant review.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ja...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ja...
Fonda, London: ‘An exuberantly good meal’: restaurant review
This new Mexican restaurant serves up regional dishes so well crafted that conversation stops
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Adore Fonda and the staff make it extra special. They love what they do. Have been twice already and going back with a dinner club soon.
PS love that @jayrayner1.bsky.social loves Lebnani in Reigate too. A man of great taste, clearly 😊
PS love that @jayrayner1.bsky.social loves Lebnani in Reigate too. A man of great taste, clearly 😊
My Dad taught me that this is the best way to learn to control a car on snow and ice.
That said he did say to do it at 2am in an empty parking lot, not at a junction 😜
That said he did say to do it at 2am in an empty parking lot, not at a junction 😜
Atlanta, Georgia.
January 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
My Dad taught me that this is the best way to learn to control a car on snow and ice.
That said he did say to do it at 2am in an empty parking lot, not at a junction 😜
That said he did say to do it at 2am in an empty parking lot, not at a junction 😜
My career has been largely based on learning internationally and taking those ideas into another country. I recommend casting the net wide, eg Netherlands, France, UK, Canada and others. Each have their own strengths and gaps, then you can design one for the USA learning from them.
The issue isn’t whether Universal Healthcare can work. The issue is how do we get from where we are to UH. It took Canada decades and it has a ton of limits we might not like.
The point being we have to find a starting point that can grow it into what works here
www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...
The point being we have to find a starting point that can grow it into what works here
www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...
January 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
My career has been largely based on learning internationally and taking those ideas into another country. I recommend casting the net wide, eg Netherlands, France, UK, Canada and others. Each have their own strengths and gaps, then you can design one for the USA learning from them.
Thought of @angelicaoung.bsky.social when I saw @profgalloway.com and his thoughts on nuclear in his 2025 predictions.
"Wind and solar are great, but they lack the scale and reliability of nuclear power...Nuclear power may be the worst-managed brand in history."
medium.com/@profgallowa...
"Wind and solar are great, but they lack the scale and reliability of nuclear power...Nuclear power may be the worst-managed brand in history."
medium.com/@profgallowa...
2025 Predictions
Predictions are a terrible business. If you get it right, the events leading up to the prediction render it less bold. If you get it wrong…
medium.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Thought of @angelicaoung.bsky.social when I saw @profgalloway.com and his thoughts on nuclear in his 2025 predictions.
"Wind and solar are great, but they lack the scale and reliability of nuclear power...Nuclear power may be the worst-managed brand in history."
medium.com/@profgallowa...
"Wind and solar are great, but they lack the scale and reliability of nuclear power...Nuclear power may be the worst-managed brand in history."
medium.com/@profgallowa...
“He wanted to know life. He did not wish to hide from it. He wondered if the pain that would inevitably flow was somehow as necessary to him as the joy it might bring” ~ Richard Flanagan, Question 7
Sometimes words strike me with such power the impact feels almost physical.
Wondrous book
Sometimes words strike me with such power the impact feels almost physical.
Wondrous book
January 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
“He wanted to know life. He did not wish to hide from it. He wondered if the pain that would inevitably flow was somehow as necessary to him as the joy it might bring” ~ Richard Flanagan, Question 7
Sometimes words strike me with such power the impact feels almost physical.
Wondrous book
Sometimes words strike me with such power the impact feels almost physical.
Wondrous book
Request your twitter archive, then use this site to upload your contacts, then on January 20th time to switch.
🔥🔥🔥 Notre app #HelloQuitteX est sortie ! Récupérez vos followers de X en moins de 5 min, il suffit de récupérer votre archive X.
Le #20Janvier, on vous reconnecte avec tous vos abonnés de X !
Yes we can !
Rejoignez ➡️ app.helloquitx.com
Dessin de @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social
Le #20Janvier, on vous reconnecte avec tous vos abonnés de X !
Yes we can !
Rejoignez ➡️ app.helloquitx.com
Dessin de @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social
January 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Request your twitter archive, then use this site to upload your contacts, then on January 20th time to switch.
Reposted by Tom McCallum
Americans: if we're getting into discussions about tariffs on Denmark, it's "LEGO", not "LEGOS". Sorry, we're European, we make the rules.
January 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Americans: if we're getting into discussions about tariffs on Denmark, it's "LEGO", not "LEGOS". Sorry, we're European, we make the rules.
Reposted by Tom McCallum
“Musk has seemingly become the first tech leader to fall down the rabbit hole of radicalisation by his own product”
How Elon falls for the clickbait served up by his own 'For You' algo feeds. Great piece by my colleagues, worth sticking around for the mind-boggling final line:
on.ft.com/3C0o9CA
How Elon falls for the clickbait served up by his own 'For You' algo feeds. Great piece by my colleagues, worth sticking around for the mind-boggling final line:
on.ft.com/3C0o9CA
How a handful of X accounts took Elon Musk ‘down the rabbit hole’ on UK politics
[FREE TO READ] Tech billionaire’s posts about grooming gangs scandal have elevated issue
on.ft.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“Musk has seemingly become the first tech leader to fall down the rabbit hole of radicalisation by his own product”
How Elon falls for the clickbait served up by his own 'For You' algo feeds. Great piece by my colleagues, worth sticking around for the mind-boggling final line:
on.ft.com/3C0o9CA
How Elon falls for the clickbait served up by his own 'For You' algo feeds. Great piece by my colleagues, worth sticking around for the mind-boggling final line:
on.ft.com/3C0o9CA
Reposted by Tom McCallum
Asterisks are ****ing great. I swear by them.
January 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Asterisks are ****ing great. I swear by them.
Reposted by Tom McCallum
It's really not about leaving the other platforms. It's about bringing people here and giving them more engagement than the other apps.
That's what people want. Engagement. Takes nothing to offer it
If there is a user on another app that you like, DM them and invite them here. Post and tag me
That's what people want. Engagement. Takes nothing to offer it
If there is a user on another app that you like, DM them and invite them here. Post and tag me
January 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
It's really not about leaving the other platforms. It's about bringing people here and giving them more engagement than the other apps.
That's what people want. Engagement. Takes nothing to offer it
If there is a user on another app that you like, DM them and invite them here. Post and tag me
That's what people want. Engagement. Takes nothing to offer it
If there is a user on another app that you like, DM them and invite them here. Post and tag me